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Rio Tinto

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Rio Tinto appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Rio Tinto is a mining and metals company operating in around 36 countries around the world. Our purpose finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Our three product groups bring this purpose to life: Iron ore, Copper, Aluminium & Lithium. These are complemented by our Growth & Innovation and Commercial groups, as well as our service and…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party650%
Renew Europe325%
Socialists & Democrats217%
European Conservatives & Reformists18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2023
1
2024
0
2025
8
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Hildegard Bentele
4 meetings · EPP
Valérie Hayer
1 meeting · Renew
Andreas Glück
1 meeting · Renew
Radan Kanev
1 meeting · EPP
Borys Budka
1 meeting · EPP

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Hildegard BenteleCRM Policy
28 Jan 2026Valérie HayerPolitique commerciale de l'UE
8 Jan 2026Andreas GlückEnvironment Policy
19 Nov 2025Hildegard BenteleCritical Raw Materials
17 Nov 2025Hildegard BenteleCritical Raw Materials
22 Apr 2025Giorgio GoriEnergy prices, CBAM, Green porducts
22 Jan 2025Kathleen van BremptEuropese competitiviteit en strategische autonomie voor kritieke materialen
22 Jan 2025Daniele PolatoMeeting about mining industry
22 Jan 2025Radan KanevPolicy perspectives- Clean Industrial Deal, competitiveness, decarbonisation, strategic autonomy, environment
22 Jan 2025Pascal CanfinCRMA
21 Jan 2025Borys BudkaCritical Raw Materials
12 Dec 2023Hildegard BenteleCritical Raw Materials Act

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